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REsoLvENr, S1.00; SOAP, 20 cents. Prepared
by POTTER DRUG AND CHEMICAL Co., Boston,
Mass.
The National tribune., 1887-10-06

IN 1882 Gen. Logan introduced resoiu-
tion in the Senate which was passed and
became law, appropriating $4,000 for GER
tain experiments to be made upon the use
Of defective steel armOr in monitor turrets.
The money was made Immediately available
upon the suppOsitiOn that the Ordnance
Bureau of the Navy Department desired to
know at once what was the best disposition
to make of given weight Of armor on an
ironclad war ship before the partly built
monitors were completed. 1t is hardly con-
eordant with. such hypothesis, however,
when the fact is known that to this day,
five years afterwards, not a shot has been
fred at the target procured for the test, and
the monitors are going on to completion
under the antiquated plans. Nothing ap-
proaches perfect example of inertia 50
nearly as the safely-intrenehed bureauerat
of the Navy Department when he has made
up his mind he won't do thing Before
his calm determination Congress is as child
and the Secretary a shorn Sampson.
The National tribune., 1887-10-06
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON. D. C., OCTOBER G, 1887.
ARTICLES FORTHCOMING.

IN TIE VALLEY-The Shenandoah Cam
paiga Of 1862. By Gen. Henry Cqpehaf,
Fargo DAB.
THE REGULARS.-Loyaliy Of the Rank and
Fiie IN 1861. By Frank T. Commage'e.
THERE7HRED list Interesting facts con-
corning NE retired officers cf the Ar1ny and
Narg. By Prank u Commagere.
TIE CONFEDERAT,ES IN ARIZONA
Operations in the Far West By J. O. Hail.
Uaigtord Conn.
dcROSS THE PLATNS.--A Ndrgdtipe Of a
Bad H-cstera Trip in 1867. By w. Thorn
ton Parker, tate Acting Assistant Surgeon
US1, NcgpOrt r. l.
WdDDELL FARM-AR account Of a Brisk
Arkansas Fight. By Albert @. Bracket
ColoRcl 3d z. s. CaD, Fort D0pis, Ter.
ON TO RICRNOND-A Graphic Narrdtir'
of Capture aud Captivity. By George b
orarfo,d, Go, G, LIST w. Va, H'ellsburg, W. Va
VAGDERVEER'S BRTGADE-Hs GaIlam
Condact Al Chickamauga. ByS r. ZeLring
Co. Y, 35.h Ohio, Germonto'oR, o.
HAWKIGSS ZOUAFES-7R First Bayo
aet Charge By j. H. f. Whitney, Sergeant
Co. 3, ga A. T., New York Cay.
The National tribune., 1887-10-06
PERSONAL.

Col VIM. r. Morrison, late Of Congress, now
of the Interstate Commerce Commission, has been
granted a pension Of sl2 month as a Mexican vet
eran.
Michael Davitt, the Irish patriot, has arrived in
New York.
Mr.. Fairchild, Secretary of the Treasury, has
moved into his new $4,000 house In the aristo-
cratic part of Washington.
Secretary Of War Endeott and family, who have
always lived in the very buest-blooded style. are
back to the Capital preparing for the social season.
The social prophets predict that Attorney Cen
eral Garland will be constrained to forswear his
vow never to wear dress coat this Winter. under
the influence of circumstances attendant upon the
debut of his daughter Miss Daisy, who will be the
Cabinet debutante of the season.
Madame de Rsuteskiold wife Of the Swedish
Minister has presented her husband with a daugh-
ter.
One day last week at Middletown, N Y, Walter
@. Brown, veteran of the late war, attempted to
murder Sarah Henderson, soldiers widow, with
whom he lived, by shooting her with pistol, and
then committed suicide by cutting his throat with
razor. Brown was shoemaker by occupation.
and served in the of the rebellion with eredi:
a member of Co. b, 56th N. Y. About 10 years
ago he took up bis home with Mrs Henderson,
widow of William VI. Henderson of the S7th N. Y =,
and her young son. Browns health had been poor
for some time, and the family subsisted pen
sion of Ss month drawn by him and on Mrs
Henderson's widows pension of Sl2 month. Mrs
Henderson was wounded in the head and shoulder
but it is thought her injuries will not prove fatal
Gen. Absalom Baird U. 5. A, who has been at
tending the French mobilization mauuvers on be
half of the War Department at Washington, re
ceived last week tk3 Cross of Chevalier of the Le
gion Of Honor. which has been conferred upon hin
by the French Governments.
Carl Schurz is said TO be permanently crippled BY
the result of the fall the ice last Winter that
at first believed 10 have caused only sprain.
Commissioner Miller, of the Internal Revenue
Bureau, has appointed Capt John M. Tobin. of Bos
ton, United States Revenue Agent at a eompensa
tion of $4,000 per annum. Capt. TObin served will
distinction in the 9th Mass. during the late wa
under Fitz-John Porter. He was strongly recon-
mended for the place by Congressman Collins ans
Morse, Gen. Fitz-JOhn Porter. Gen. G. p. Roberts
of Maine, and many prominent citizens Of Massa
chusetts.
The National tribune., 1887-10-06
COMPARATIVE MORTALITY IN NORTH
ERN AND SOUTHERN PRISONS.

A correspondent writes US from Blair,
Neb, asking that we reply to statement of
one Howard Henderson, ID. d., Ii. D., in a
medical Journal to the effect that IL per
cent of rebel soldiers died in Northern pris-
ons against per cent of Union soldiers in
the prison-pens of the so-called Southern
Confederacy.
We have before dealt with this question
at length.
The reason of the discrepancy in the Off
cial figures is this. The Federal authorities
kept careful and complete record, like an
army return, of all rebel prisoners who died
in our hands and turned in accurate re-
ports, which are on file at the War Depart
ment to-day.
On the other hand, the rebels who delib-
erately starved our soldiers to death at An
dersonville, Belle Isle, Salisbury and other
pens, took care that less than half of their
brutality should be shown by the pen and
ink of contemporary record. 1t turned out,
therefore, when the rebellion was crushed
and we captured their records, they were
simply worthless fragment for use as gen.
eral statistics.
Still they embraced all the official infor-
nation" the War Department had, and
when asked for q report, the practice Of the
Government is TO give out only what it has,
although it may be well known "unoffi-
cially" to be absolutely ard entirely false
when considered in the light of q complete
report.
That is one of the beauties of official in
formation"
In the Government reports of the emu
meration of the dead, rs shown by graves OF
both known and unknown, there are buried
at Andersonville 1874, at Florence 2,99s
at Richmond 6,542 and at Salisbury Il, 1926
or a total of $3.50.
1t seems that this Howard Henderson, D.
d., Ii. D., processes to show that only % SIC
Union soldiers died in the rebel prison-pens
Still the number given above is from the
official reports of the War Department to-
day, and il is well known not TO include more
than half the actual mortality roll. There
are some Is prisons from which there are nc
reports whatever, where Union soldiers were
thrown into bitches like dead dogs, and NJ
record kept of their death or even then
presence.
The rebel prisoners in our hands were
housed in barracks, and were given soldiers
ratiOns. Their fare was better than it haG
ever been in their own service, while on
men in their hands were shut up in crowded
stockades without permission to build ever
The National tribune., 1887-10-06
CRoCKER,s BRIGADE REUNION.

The annual Reunion of Croeker's Iowa
Brigade at Davenport last week was a mem
orable occasion. The example of this famous
organization in gathering in such strength
every year is one that is worthy of emula-
tion by other commands who do not realize
how much they lose by omitting to organize
and assemble for the enjoyment of the
comTadery born only of the battlefield and
camp. Gen. W. W. Belknap presided and
made a mastery address that reused old
memories and was cheered from end to end
The sturdy old War Governor, Sam" Kirk
wood, was there too, and was the center of
an admiring throng whenever he appeared
Senator William B. Allison also made a
speech at the banquet and was greeted with
three old-fashioned cheers. Gen. Belknap
was reelected President, an honor well be-
slowed, and Council Bluffs was selected as the
place of meeting next year, to accommodate
many comrades who live in Nebraska and
Dakota
The National tribune., 1887-10-06
LOOK OUT FOE THEM.

One Of the schemes of the soldier-haters is
to employ fellows to go around to Reunions
and other public gatherings of veterans, and
at some time during the speaking walk up to
the stand, tear off their GAR badges and
fling them down on the stand. One of the
fellows has been making circuit of the
towns in Southern Illinois where Reunions
were held, and doing this act. He was
brought TO time by some Of the comrades,
who had become suspicious of him, and it
was found that he had never been in the
army at all. Though he had flung his badge
on the stand the night before, he was wearing
another one. This was taken away from him,
and he was warned that if he was found
with the insignia again he would be sub
jected to the pains and penalties which the
laws of Illinois impose upon impostors con-
victed of wearing GAR. badges.
The National tribune., 1887-10-06
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vELL-DEsERyEp PRAISE.

sented the following resolutions in the Ma
tional Encampment, which were passed by
acelamation:
ResoIred, That the thanks and praise of this En-
campment are due to the members Of the National
Pension Committee for the zeal and wisdom with
which they have labored for years in behalf OF the
comrades. Though they have encountered obsta-
cles of no common order, their courage and resou-
tion have increased rather than diminished. No
men could have been more devoted. more untiring
more successful than they, and they are en-
titled to the thanks of every veteran and friend of
the veteran.
The National tribune., 1887-10-06

USELESS FINANCIAL PETTIFOGGING.
The second section of the act of March 3,
1881, reads as follows:
That the Secretary Of the Treasury may at any
time apply the surplus money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated. or much thereof AS he
may consider proper. TO the purchase redemp-
ton of United States bonds; provided
That the bonds purchased redeemed shall
constitute part OF the sinking fund.- but shall be
Cancelled.
1t would seem to the ordinary intellect
that this law means that the Secretary of
the Treasury may use any surplus in the
Treasury for which there is no appropriation
in the purchase of bonds, and that said
bonds are to be cancelled and the public
debt thereby reduced TO that extent.
This hypothesis is fortified by the further
fact that Secretaries Folger, Gresham and
Mccullough each in turn so interpreted it,
and in 1882 $4,000 900 of the 81 per cents.
were so purchased and cancelled in 1888,
$s5,OOO,OOO, and in 1884, S52OOO,0OO were
similarly treated.
Ludicrous as it may appear, however,
there was grave consultation in New York
city between the Secretary of the Treasury
and lot Of bank Presidents to consider the
question as to whether this act of Congress
did or did not authorize the Secretary to
apply the surplus money in the Treasury
y to the purchase or redemption of
United States bonds" II is no special trib-
ate to the common sense Of the bankers to
say that most all agreed that the law did
mean that the Secretary of the Treasury
had power to purchase and cancel bonds
with his spare cash. 1t is more remarkable
that several eminent fnanciers entertained
grave doubts about it, although what they
did construe the language of the law tc
mean has been lost to the world.
Perhaps a person who is not fnancia
magnate may be pardoned for tracing some
connection between these grave doubts and
the proposition to reduce the surplus" o.
if not, to let the banks have it to use fo
nothing in the shape of deposits, in order Il
avoid a financial striDgency."
If Congress would pass law to pay th'
Nations honest debts, how simple this com
plex problem would become and how mucI
pettifogging might be dispensed with.
The National tribune., 1887-10-06

THE thousands Of comrades who were at
St Louis viii always entertain kindly recol-
lection Of Gen. Grier, Chairman Of the Local
Committee. lie was constant and tireless
in his devotion 10 the OBerous duties Of his
responsible place. The executive ability he
has displayed was simply marvellous. 1t is
no small element in the success or failure OF
so vast an undertaking as the management
Of a crowd of 100000 people 10 have such a
man at the helm.
The National tribune., 1887-10-06
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We have come IN possession Of a number Of
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tho greatest of modern novelisis-which we
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pickWiok Papers Miscellanies
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Nicholas Nickleby. Child's History Of Eng.
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Miscellaneous Pieces.
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WE are in receipt of occasional communi

WE are in receipt of occasional communi-
cations where the postmark upon the out
side of the envelope is illegible and where the
correspondent, sometimes inelosing money,
has neglected to state not only the name of
the Town and County but even the State
where he lives. In such cases it is apparent
that it rs impossible for US to acknowledge
the communication in any way, and it is
especially embarrassing where the sender
has inclosed money perhaps for subscrip-
tion or for some other purpose. We beg
correspondents will be especially careful and
not embarrass us by thus negIecting the
formality of q date-line at the head of their
letters which shall include their full post
Office addresses.
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TAGnTs PROM TILE CAMPFIRE.

This most exciting book of adventure is now
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NATIONAL Tribune No soldier who reads
this book can fail 10 be deeply interested, AS
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Report of certificates issued during Sep
telnber, 1887: Original, 3, Ala; increase, 230s;
reissue, COG; restoration, l54; duplicate, SO
accrued, 226; arrears, O; Act of March 8,
1883, 6i Order of April 3, 1884, IA; Act OF
March 3, 1850 Order Oct. Z, 1856, 81; Act
of Aug. A, 1856, A; Supplemental Act Aug.
4, 1886. 81; Mexican war, 673; total, 6,s37.
The National tribune., 1887-10-06

TEX NATIONAL TRIBUNE is under obliga-
tions to Il. w. Guerin, the ST Louis pho-
tographer, for courtesy in furnishing por-
traits of the leading members Of the En-
campment for the use OF our engraVer. He
has made an excellent photograph Of the
new Commander-in-Chief Comrade Guerin
was a gallant soldier of'the list Mo.
The National tribune., 1887-10-06
THE AMERICAS CUP.

TIE AMERICAS CUP.
If we have no ships strong enough to
whip those of her Majesty of Great Britain,
we have some that can run away from the
best specimens turned out from her yards
up to date.
For months the maritime and sporting
people of the United States, and apparently
every man, woman and child of New York
city, Boston and London, has been wrought
up to high pitch of interest over the ques-
tion as to whether the famous Scotch cutter
Thistle would wrest from us the emblem of
the yachting championship of the world
held by us for more than SO years.
The cup so-called is in reality tall, solid
silver pitcher, worth a hundred guineas, but
which has cost its defenders and those who
have striven to win it many hundred thou
sand dollars.
The Thistle came to New York to win 1t,
and came with the prestige of having beaten
NNNAs shih6 III A-hEilcu NdlNio- Ia AtANNf chO
was built especially to come over for the
cup, and the Boston yachtsmen built the
Volunteer especially to see that the Scotch
men were foiled, and have succeeded, as sew
eral pages of detailed accounts of the con-
test in each of the Metropolitan dailies fully
set forth.
The contest was to be settled as usual by
the best two out of three races in New York
Bay aud vicinity. The first was sailed last
Tuesday and the Volunteer won easily, in q
very light wind, by 10 minutes. The Sec
ond race was sailed Friday, and it blew
great guns. The race was out to sea 20
miles and back from Sandy Hook, and the
Volunteer again won with ease, crossing the
line at the end of the race over 10 minutes
ahead of her rival The third race is moi
necessary.
The cup was won Aug. %, 1851, at the
regatta of the Royal Yacht Club, around tn,
Isle of Wight, by the American Yacht
America, by whose owners it was held til
1857, when it was given to the New Yors
Yacht Club to be known as the "America'
Cup" open to the world.
In 1870 the English schooner Cambri:
sailed for it in August against fleet o
American yachts and was beaten by nine o
them.
In 1871 the schooner Livonia came afte
the trophy, and in October, in series o
races, was beaten by the Columbia ant
Sappho.
In 1876 the Canadians sent their cracl
yacht the Countess of Dufferin to try ant
get the cup, but she was defeated by th
Madeleine in two races, Aug. II and II.
In 1881 the Canadians tried again with th
Atalanta, and in November che was dc
feated by the Mischief
The English cutter Genesta, owned by ST
Richard Sutton, contested for the cup il
1885, and was beaten Sept. IA and 16 by tn
Puritan.
In 1886 Lieut. Hem, of the Royal Navy
brought over his cutter, the Galatea, an,
sailed for the cup against the Mayhower, an,
was beaten in two successive races, Sept
and IL.
1t seems established, therefore, that tn
Yankee skipper is still monarch of the sea
whenever occasion requires him to besti
himself
The National tribune., 1887-10-06

their own shelter, although pine forests, with
ample material, were within sight They
were fed on pint of wormy cOrnmeal day,
and deliberately starved till they died of
scurvy, under official sanction from the head
of rebel Government, which recognized the
fact that "Yankee" soldier starved to
death was as efficiently disposed OF as one
shot to death on the field of battle.
The National tribune., 1887-10-06
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ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept 81.
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, Washington, ID. O.:
The article published in Globe Democrat and
other papers that Gen. John @. Black has
charged s25 for making a speech at a recent
Reunion Of New Hampshire soldiers is untrue.
Gen. Black was there as the guest of the New
Hampshire Veteran Association, and as such
his expenses were paid, as were those of Gen.
John @. Fremont, who was also present. Al
though differing from Gen. Black politically,
we could not in justice allow this charge TO go
without contradiction, as we have always found
in him true friend of the veteran soldiers.
JOHN G. LINEHAN,
Member Executive Committee, New Hampshire
Veteran Association.
The National tribune., 1887-10-06

COLUMBUS next year. We shall see what
"the Ohio idee" of hospitality is, and we
shall not be disappointed.
The National tribune., 1887-10-06
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Sr. Lou1s. No. Sent. II.

The following dispatch from Comrade Line
han explains itself:
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